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Re: Granger To Resume Practice

I think going by most of the comments on PD that would be zero as in he is not going to be traded and the Pacers will let his contract expire.

You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....

Re: Granger To Resume Practice

EDIT: Monday will be the beginning of week 5. This is the end of the 3rd week, after they announced 3 weeks.

Can you help me with the dates?

You say that this is the end of the 3rd week.....yet Monday will be the beginning of Week 5? Do you mean Monday would be beginning of Week 4?

Question to those that knows about these type of sports injuries.....is it possible that if your body isn't in "game shape" that a Player's body that isn't 100% ( or close to 100% ) is more susecptable to minor injuries like this that can take you out for small but extended periods of time?

If this is the case....I'm inclined to simply let Granger rest and fully recover, get his body back into Game shape ( during practice ) so that there is less chance of minor setbacks like this. I fully expect that he will have a lot of rust to shake off.....but that's different than having your Body prepared to handle the rigors of regular Game Play.

I don't want to rush him back when his body isn't fully ready to handle it. If that means that he can sit out until the end of December...heck ,even until January 10th ( the beginning of a 4 game home stand for a week and a half )...just so that his body is 100% ready...I'd do that.

Re: Granger To Resume Practice

You say that this is the end of the 3rd week.....yet Monday will be the beginning of Week 5? Do you mean Monday would be beginning of Week 4?

Question to those that knows about these type of sports injuries.....is it possible that if your body isn't in "game shape" that a Player's body that isn't 100% ( or close to 100% ) is more susecptable to minor injuries like this that can take you out for small but extended periods of time?

If this is the case....I'm inclined to simply let Granger rest and fully recover, get his body back into Game shape ( during practice ) so that there is less chance of minor setbacks like this. I fully expect that he will have a lot of rust to shake off.....but that's different than having your Body prepared to handle the rigors of regular Game Play.

I don't want to rush him back when his body isn't fully ready to handle it. If that means that he can sit out until the end of December...heck ,even until January 10th ( the beginning of a 4 game home stand for a week and a half )...just so that his body is 100% ready...I'd do that.

Danny had already pretty much sat a whole week, prior to the announcment that he would be out 3 weeks, so I'm just adding that in there.

And yes, not being in in tip-top shape, trying to handle the workload can and will result in injuries. I think it's a good sign, knee wise, that other parts of Danny's body are, for a lack of a better term, breaking down before his knee does.

Re: Granger To Resume Practice

No. They've only been getting one day inbetween games this past week, and for the extended future it looks like, so they're probably having pretty light practices/shoot arounds. I hope they've been having Danny workout, but I've not yet seen any updates on anything.

Re: Granger To Resume Practice

The Pacers can afford to take their time with Danny because they are winning! I'm really not concerned when he comes back because I don't really think they even need him.

Danny Granger is probably my second favorite player on the team but I'd rather they take their time and let him come back when he is completely ready. No one should criticize the team for holding him back. Just look at what can happen if you don't give a player enough rest. Derrick Rose suffered a right thigh strain and then tore his right meniscus. We can't say that the two injuries are related but we can't say that they aren't either.

Re: Granger To Resume Practice

I have a gut feeling based on nothing but my gut feeling that we're probably looking at January here. Use December to get him slowly back to a point where he can practice with some regularity. Start January with some light minutes, maybe every other game to start. After the ASB, have him adjusted to whatever regular minutes he'll see.

That said, I really do feel with Granger, it will be a case where he'll still probably have setbacks, play a few games and then miss a week or two, etc. I've seen this before in far too many injuries: when you're this far behind where you were supposed to be, it's usually chronic, and it's usually going to continue being a problem.

Re: Granger To Resume Practice

I have a gut feeling based on nothing but my gut feeling that we're probably looking at January here. Use December to get him slowly back to a point where he can practice with some regularity. Start January with some light minutes, maybe every other game to start. After the ASB, have him adjusted to whatever regular minutes he'll see.

That said, I really do feel with Granger, it will be a case where he'll still probably have setbacks, play a few games and then miss a week or two, etc. I've seen this before in far too many injuries: when you're this far behind where you were supposed to be, it's usually chronic, and it's usually going to continue being a problem.

That is what I want....wait til January. Get his body into game-shape through as much practice as possible....have him scrimmage for a solid 2-3 week period without any injury...and have him come back in a month.

I would much rather have him fully recover and wait a full month, then rush him back and have a good chance that he get some minor injury that only puts him back on the shelf for an extended period of time.